A little help with reading the map and orientation please

wolis · Post by **wolis** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:22 am

Im in a asteroid field and I see something interesting in the distance:

I check my nav map to see if its showing there.. but I cant tell which way Im facing:

Does the 0 in my view mean North?

Is this the only way to read my heading or are there other cues on the radar or map Im missing?

Is there a chance the green ship icon can be put on top of the others?

Thanks

wolis · Post by **wolis** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:33 am

Hmm.. this is the strange thing I found:

(thats my ship right next to it so you get a sense of scale)

Any ideas? It does not do anything or identify itself in any way.. and its not a new-fangled jump-gate (unless it needs a key I have not found yet)

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:33 am

it can be a bit tricky sometimes on the nav map, though generally you can get a good idea of your facing.

you assumption about 0 being north is correct, therefore

90 =east
180 = south
270=west

that icon wont appear on your nav map

tha_rami · Post by **tha_rami** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:49 am

The item you found is not on the radar, as its a energy pod. If you use the Mining/Tractor beam, you'll retrieve the energy orb. Take it to the reciever (won't show up on radar either, but looks similar) and you'll get 20 fuel units.

wolis · Post by **wolis** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:54 am

Thanks verbosity, nice noing which way Im facing.

Thanks the_rami, hadnt thought to trying to tractor beam it. A receiver.. interesting.. so much to learn.. thanks for helping.